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Babri Masjid demolition verdict LIVE: Security heightened around special court
New Delhi, Sep 30: A special court will pronounce its verdict in the Babri Masjid demolition case on September 30.
In August, the Supreme Court extended by a month the deadline for completion of trial in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case involving 32 accused, including BJP veterans L K Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti, and said that judgement should be delivered by September 30.
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10:08 AM, 30 Sep
The verdict will be delivered shortly.
9:59 AM, 30 Sep
Security has been tightened around the Special CBI court ahead of the verdict.
9:39 AM, 30 Sep
Accused Vinay Katiyar, Dharamdas, Vedanti, Lallu Singh, Champat Rai and Pawan Pandey reach Lucknow
9:38 AM, 30 Sep
A high alert has been sounded across Uttar Pradesh today. More than 2,000 police personnel, half of them in civil clothes, have been deployed to ensure the security of the area, reports IANS.
9:38 AM, 30 Sep
The trial of the first case involving unnamed 'Karsevaks' was going on in a Lucknow court, while the second set of cases relating to the eight VVIPs were going on in a Raebareli court.
9:37 AM, 30 Sep
Before the 2017 verdict of the apex court, there were two sets of cases relating to the demolition of the disputed structure on December 6, 1992, going on at Lucknow and Raebareli.
9:37 AM, 30 Sep
The court had termed the Allahabad High Court's February 12, 2001 verdict of dropping conspiracy charges against Advani and others as "erroneous".
9:37 AM, 30 Sep
"The court of sessions will frame additional charges under Section 120-B (conspiracy) and the other provisions of the penal code mentioned in the joint charge sheet filed by the CBI against Champat Rai Bansal, Satish Pradhan, Dharam Das, Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, Mahamadleshwar Jagdish Muni, Ram Bilas Vadanti, Vaikunth Lal Sharma and Satish Chandra Nagar," the apex court had said.
9:37 AM, 30 Sep
Issuing a slew of directions, it had said, "The proceedings (against Advani and others) in the court of the Special Judicial Magistrate at Raebareli will stand transferred to the Court of Additional Sessions Judge (Ayodhya Matters) at Lucknow."
9:37 AM, 30 Sep
The court had come down heavily on the CBI for the delay of over 25 years in the trial.
9:36 AM, 30 Sep
While dubbing the demolition of the disputed structure as a "crime" which shook the "secular fabric of the Constitution", it had allowed the CBI's plea on restoration of the criminal conspiracy charge against the VVIP accused.
9:36 AM, 30 Sep
On April 19, 2017, the top court had ordered a day-to-day trial in the high profile case and directed the special judge to conclude it in two years.
9:35 AM, 30 Sep
Exercising its plenary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution, the top court had directed the Uttar Pradesh government to pass appropriate orders in consultation with the Allahabad High Court to extend the tenure of the special judge, who was set to retire on September 30 last year.
9:35 AM, 30 Sep
Kalyan Singh, during whose tenure as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh the disputed structure was razed, was put on trial in September last year after his tenure as governor came to an end.
9:24 AM, 30 Sep
Three other high-profile accused - Vishwa Hindu Parishad leaders Giriraj Kishore, Ashok Singhal and Vishnu Hari Dalmia - died during trial and the proceedings against them have been abated.
9:16 AM, 30 Sep
Besides Advani, Joshi and Uma Bharti, the accused against whom conspiracy charge was invoked in the case by the top court on April 19, 2017, include former Rajasthan governor Kalyan Singh, BJP MP Vinay Katiar and Sadhvi Rithambara.
9:14 AM, 30 Sep
It had also extended the tenure of the special judge at Lucknow till the completion of the trial and the delivery of the verdict in the case.
9:13 AM, 30 Sep
On July 19, last year the top court had asked the special judge to deliver the verdict within nine months, which was to end this April.
9:13 AM, 30 Sep
The top court order was passed after the special judge had written a letter seeking an extension of time granted to him for completing the trial in the politically sensitive case.
9:11 AM, 30 Sep
It had indicated to the special judge to avail the facilities of video conferencing to complete recording of evidence and hearing of applications that are filed during the course of trial proceedings.
9:04 AM, 30 Sep
The top court had in May asked special judge S K Yadav to control the proceedings in accordance with law so that the time-frame is no longer breached.
9:01 AM, 30 Sep
The verdict will be delivered by 10 am
8:57 AM, 30 Sep
The court had also ordered the allocation of a five-acre land at another site in Ayodhya for building a mosque.
8:45 AM, 30 Sep
Last year, a five-judge Constitution bench of the top court had ruled that the 2.77-acre land claimed by both Hindus and Muslims would be handed over to a trust for the building of a temple.
8:35 AM, 30 Sep
The court has also recorded statements of BJP stalwarts like Kalyan Singh and Uma Bharti, both of whom appeared in person.
Advani's statement was recorded barely days before the groundbreaking event on August 5 for a Ram temple at Ayodhya.
8:26 AM, 30 Sep
The mosque in Ayodhya was demolished on December 6, 1992, by 'kar sevaks' who claimed that an ancient Ram temple stood at the same site.Former deputy prime minister LK Advani and BJP veteran MM Joshi, who were among those leading the Ram temple movement at that time, had deposed before the court through video conferencing.
8:14 AM, 30 Sep
On May 8, the top court had extended by three months the time for completion of trial in the case and said that judgement should be delivered by August 31.The special CBI court at Lucknow has completed the recording of statements of the 32 accused under section 313 of CrPC in the case.
7:58 AM, 30 Sep
L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi are likely to ask the court to allow them to appear through video conference citing their advanced age and the coronavirus pandemic. It may be recalled that during the hearing, the court had permitted Advani and Joshi to record their statements through video conferencing.
7:58 AM, 30 Sep
The top court, which had earlier fixed August 31 as the deadline for completion of proceedings including pronouncement of the verdict, took note of the report filed by special judge S K Yadav in the high-profile case.
7:57 AM, 30 Sep
A bench of justices R F Nariman, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee said, Having read the report of Surendra Kumar Yadav, learned Special Judge, and considering that the proceedings are at the fag end, we grant one month's time, i.e., till September 30, 2020, to complete the proceedings including the delivery of judgment .
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